Global Patent Index - EP 1481541 A1

EP 1481541 A1 20041201 - NOISE FILTERING IN IMAGES

Title (en)

NOISE FILTERING IN IMAGES

Title (de)

RAUSCHFILTERUNG VON BILDERN

Title (fr)

FILTRAGE DU BRUIT DANS DES IMAGES

Publication

EP 1481541 A1 20041201 (EN)

Application

EP 03701675 A 20030207

Priority

  • EP 03701675 A 20030207
  • EP 02075804 A 20020228
  • IB 0300468 W 20030207

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03073750A1] A temporal recursive filter unit (100,200,300,400) for noise filtering of a series of input images resulting in a series of output images comprises: means (102) for determining a value of a weighing factor, on basis of a difference between a first value of a first pixel of an input image and a second value of a second pixel of a first output image; and an adding (104) unit for calculating a third value of a third pixel of a second output image by adding of a first product of the value of the weighing factor and the first value of the first pixel, to a second product of a complement of the value of the weighing factor and the second value of the second pixel. The value (508) of the weighing factor is higher below a predetermined threshold (506) than above the threshold (506).

IPC 1-7

H04N 5/21

IPC 8 full level

G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/21 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04N 5/21 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 03073750A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03073750 A1 20030904; AU 2003202764 A1 20030909; CN 1640113 A 20050713; EP 1481541 A1 20041201; JP 2005519379 A 20050630; US 2005117814 A1 20050602

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 0300468 W 20030207; AU 2003202764 A 20030207; CN 03804841 A 20030207; EP 03701675 A 20030207; JP 2003572295 A 20030207; US 50549604 A 20040824